Day 4

Seedlings Day 3

On Sunday night I planted some cabbage, brussels sprouts and broccoli. I didn't expect to see the seeds sprout so quickly, but today I saw a few little flecks of green!

Fried Green Tomatoes!!

Well, these are the last of our tomatoes. Maggie's been making fried green tomatoes all summer and here's our last batch of the year.

Slice them up. I like thinner and crispier. Maggie likes them sliced thicker.
Then dip them in egg.
Next coat them with bread crumbs and corn meal.
Then give them a nice toasty deep fry. This removes all fat and calories!
and here you have them! Mmmmmmmmm!!! Mmmmm! Good!

A Couple More Garden Pics

These pics brought to you courtesy of my new Fuji Finepix e900. I got it to do some digiscoping of birds. Hopefully I'll get some presentable photos soon, but for now here are some non-digiscoped shots from the garden.

Things are slowing down in the garden a little. Today I got one full basket whereas we had been getting about two baskets.



Here is the path in front of our plot. Ours is on the right with all the sunflowers.

Some Garden Pics

The community garden has been a success this year. We've been inundated with tomatoes and squash to the point where we can't give them away. The corn has been attacked by Western Corn Rootworm. Little bastards. But we did get some corn and it is so sweet! The cherry tomatoes have been great. This was a bit of a learning experience as far as how to place plants in a way to get the most out of them in a small area. Our Cucumbers, Peppers and Eggplant got shaded out by our squash, but still produced enough for us. Broccoli sure takes up a lot of space for such a small return. Here are a few pics we took before the tomatoes started to turn.

Pay Dirt!

So, I thought I had been relegated to the Evanston Community Gardens' waiting list, but yesterday I got an email saying I could get a 400 sq. ft. plot in James Park. Finally!! a place to grow some vegetables! It really doesn't have anything to do with saving money, or even eating home-grown vegetables (well, that's a big part of it) it's more just getting to get out there and grow our own food. To plant and weed and watch. I love looking at a garden I've planted. I can just sit there staring for hours. So anyway, happy day!